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Quotes About Capital

Money begets money.
~ John Ray
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IS THE HEART OF the heartless Hollywood legend. Like special moths attracted to the special glitter of the nihilistic movie capital, the untalented or undiscovered are spewed into the streets by the make-it legend.
~ John Rechy
Until the 1930s, a heavy belt of forests north of ancient capital, Anuradhapura, formed a natural barrier between the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples.
~ John Richardson
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
~ John Ruskin
The form of association, however, which if mankind continue to improve, must be expected in the end to predominate, is not that which can exist between a capitalist as chief, and work-people without a voice in the management, but the association of the labourers themselves on terms of equality, collectively owning the capital with which they carry on their operations, and working under managers elected and removable by themselves.
~ John Stuart Mill
Whatever renders a larger capital necessary in any trade or business, limits the competition in that business.
~ John Stuart Mill
La condición estacionaria del capital y de la población no implica un estado estacionario del mejoramiento humano. Habría muchas oportunidades para todo tipo de mentalidades culturales, para el progreso moral, social, para perfeccionar el arte de vivir si las mentes dejasen de centrarse en el arte de medrar" Principios de Economía Política
~ John Stuart Mill
Capital, land, labour and entrepreneurship are indispensable factors of production. Likewise, self-esteem and self-confidence are prerequisites for achievement of genuine success. Yes! for until and unless you value yourself and believe in yourself as well as in your ability, you will hardly achieve genuine success. ~Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
History: a context in which the capital letters decompose, and with them, the men who imagine and cherish them.
~ Emil M. Cioran
il principale ispiratore e artefice della decisione di marciare sulla capitale, a qualsiasi rischio, è Michele Bianchi.
~ Emilio Gentile
The less money lying idle the greater is the dividend.
~ bagehot walter xvii
Between policy-makers in the capital and realities in the field lies an eternal gap whitened by the bones of failed and futile efforts.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
The Empire had no political cohesion, no capital city, no common laws, common finances, or common officials. It was the relic of a dead ideal.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
To the two men it seemed that the government and capital of France were left without means of defense and unable to command any. Only one resource was left - Gallieni.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Washington's incessant need for NEW assessments testifies to uncertainty in the capital.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Entrepreneurs continually demonstrate that faith and imagination are the most important capital goods in a changing economy, and that wealth is a product less of money than of the mind to create, produce, invest, and, in the often-repeated expression of Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter, to creatively destroy (to shut down businesses that are not working).
~ Barry Asmus
The Raspberries had recorded some ballads on every one of our albums, but after 'Go All The Way' was successful Capital pretty much wanted to hear nothing but 'Go All The Way.'
~ Eric Carmen
We're not making records for the fun of it; we're in it to make money.
~ Eazy-E
The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in some cases, overcome, though all figures are dubious for these secret and often illegal operations.
~ Noam Chomsky
Accelerated depreciation helps companies bring forward capital-intensive investments by reducing payback time. It's not a hand out. Companies still have to pay the tax, but they simply get to defer it.
~ Anthony Pratt
If you punish the banks, all you are doing is reducing the banks' capital, which you want to increase, and punishing shareholders, who have done nothing wrong.
~ Nigel Lawson
Manipulating the bond market is so greatly reducing the cost of capital that so far companies have been able to maintain profit margins without raising prices. As a result, we've been exchanging capital cost for commodity costs but you can only do that for so long.
~ Porter Stansberry
I know the great team at Sherpa Capital will continue to rise and scale new heights.
~ Shervin Pishevar
I view having celebrity as having capital, and I don't know a better way to spend that capital other then helping people.
~ Ian Ziering